"Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned– for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come." (Romans 5:12-14)
Assuming the age of the earth is older than 10,000 years, please tell me the meaning of this scripture since it says that 'death' came into the world by sin. How can death come by sin if dying of animal life and other hominids came prior to when Adam would have lived (i.e., as a conscious intelligent modern human).
The Fall of Adam
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As long as you are satisfied with the current situation you won't look at any other alternatives. The interpretation that I provided is based on translation issues and common hermeneutics. If you don't like looking at different possible interpretations of the Hebrew, then nothing else can be said.YEC wrote:First off harvey...you missed the point. Stories that don't match a biblical view...like yours..are easy to make up. My previous post showed that.
I guess that says it all. "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick."YEC wrote:inwhich I say...So what????harvey1 wrote:Genesis 1 clearly states three times that God caused the earth to bring forth life.
Genesis 3:20, 5:29, 11:9, 16:11, 26:20, 26:22, 29:33, 29:34, 30:18, 30:20, Exodus 2:10, 17:7, Numbers 11:3, 11:34, 27:4, Joshua 19:47, 1 Samuel 1:20, 2 Samuel 6:8, 2 Samuel 12:25, 1 Chronicles 4:9, 7:23YEC wrote:Over and over in scripture??? Just what are you talking about?harvey1 wrote:3) Adam naming of the animals does not fit the purpose of naming that we see over and over in the scriptures.
All of these scriptures show how a name is used to endow some meaning to that person's experiences. Some of these references even are future tense (i.e., they were named as to what they would do - e.g., Jesus means 'savior').
